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What is the medical term meaning malignant tumor of the flesh?

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A sarcoma (from the Greek 'sarx' meaning "flesh") is a general term describing a http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Malignant http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Neoplasm, or http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Cancer, that arises from transformed http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Connective_tissue http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Cell_(biology).

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